The Austin Monitor
2024
Regional EPA grant will go toward mitigating I-35 construction traffic and pollution
Balancing conflicting public interests, Watershed Protection aims to promote native aquatic vegetation
Stakeholders urge county to hurry up on implementing legal defense at bail hearings
The Texas Observer
2023
Mental Illness Shouldn’t Land You in Jail
The Austin Chronicle
(Full author archive here)
2024
Can the Austin Airport Speed Up Its Sorely Needed Expansion?
Police Pepper Spray Protesters After Dispersing Impromptu Encampment for Palestine
United Auto Workers Has Sights Set on Tesla
Debate Heats Up Over How to Wean Austin Off Fossil Fuels
Bill Would Connect ERCOT to U.S. Electric Grids
ERCOT Says Texas Power Demand to Double by 2030, With Bitcoin to Blame
2023
Why Austin Can’t Seem to Quit Its Despised Coal Plant
How Much of the Colorado Should We Leave Up to Elon Musk’s Discretion?
Eastside Residents Decry Cluster of Rock Crushers
First Layoffs in Texas Tribune History Raise Questions About Future of Texas News
Is Kyle’s Water Problem a Microcosm of Central Texas Drought Issues?
Near Misses at Austin Airport Stem From Nationwide Issues
2022
Austin Energy’s Proposed Rate Change Draws Controversy
Austin’s Animal Shelters Struggle to Uphold No-Kill Reputation in the Face of Overcrowding
Sunset Commission Takes Aim at TCEQ
Town Hall Calls for Quick Action to Combat Overdoses
Storm Relief Org Puts Down Roots to Help Farms
2021
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
What’s Happening, What’s Being Done, and How We Got Into This Cold Weather Catastrophe
Can Texas Clean Up Its Climate Footprint?
Austin Energy Still Hasn’t Fixed Problems With Utility Bill Discounts on Expensive Homes
Great Springs Project Proposes A Network of Trails From Austin to San Antonio
2020
A Church and Its People On Austin’s Eastside
As Wastewater Plants Fail, TCEQ Fails to Regulate
Austin Mutual Aid Organizations Share Resources During COVID-19 and Beyond
What Happens When Two Academics Fall in Love and Start a Farm?
A Banana Peel, a Diaper, and a Plastic Bag Walk Into Austin's Composting Program
2019
Rebooting Kitchen Culture With a Novel Concept: Sober Living